tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52568815510433992452016-09-08T00:21:46.947-04:00Cottage DreamsKatienoreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256881551043399245.post-53576499994008351222012-04-08T16:31:00.000-04:002012-04-09T16:39:02.882-04:00The Passion - Worthy Is The Lamb<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mtR5-OoMhPM?fs=1" width="459">&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Gl&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;</iframe></div>Katienoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256881551043399245.post-34454762341141599212012-04-05T20:40:00.000-04:002012-04-05T20:40:04.198-04:00Nearer My God to Thee (for 9 cellos) - The Piano Guys<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowFullScreen='true' webkitallowfullscreen='true' mozallowfullscreen='true' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/gosY-UrpHcA?feature=player_embedded' FRAMEBORDER='0' /></div><i>In a time of great sadness for our family, I find so much comfort listening to the piano</i> <i>guys, Jon Schmidt and Steven Sharp Nelson. How very talented and inspiring. They even make the baby dance and twirl around with joy!</i><br /><i>How can you not be inspired by such beautiful music. This is why I so love Pinterest! It never stops amazing me the wonderful ideas that I find and the wonderful videos. The internet can be very educational and enlightening. With so much bad to be found....there is ten times that in joy and beauty!</i><br /><i>Have a beautiful Thursday! May God bless each and everyone that reads this! :) </i></div>Katienoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256881551043399245.post-78296768585817338042012-04-04T16:49:00.002-04:002012-04-04T18:48:57.744-04:00You Got Your Wings Mama, You Got Your Wings!!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-39pMBQwUazw/T3zIxH3C-jI/AAAAAAAAGR8/fPeyyQYbkxM/s1600/fantasy-ange.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-39pMBQwUazw/T3zIxH3C-jI/AAAAAAAAGR8/fPeyyQYbkxM/s400/fantasy-ange.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Today is almost unbearable for me! I am so lost without you dear mama! So very lost! If there is anything that I can take from this positive it would be......hold the one's you love as close as you can without breaking them! You cannot have them back once they are gone. Memories are wonderful, but they can never replace holding someones hand and feeling their touch, nor can they replace loving words or the wisdom of a mother nor the love of your mother!<br /><i>If I would have known that the last time I heard your voice, it would have actually been the last time, I would have told you more times how precious you were to me, how much I valued you and how glad I was that you were in my life and that I was your daughter and how blessed that made me feel more than I did! I would have held you longer and never let you go! I would have not been so upset about the trivial stuff and listened closer to your heart! I did all those things but I still feel as if it wasn't enough! I should have been there at that very moment and I wasn't, I wasn't!!!! I know you forgive me, I know I have to forgive me! That is the part that is causing my very soul to feel such anguish!</i><br /><i>You are in my dreams, you are in my prayers and you are in my heart and I miss you so! I miss you so very much! My heart feels as if it will break into a thousand pieces and my head as if it will explode! I cry and I cry and I cry more! Yesterday I cried and I am sure that is what tomorrow hold's. Then as sure as I am that I love you, I am that sure that it will end. There is emptiness and despair, right now I cannot find it in myself to replace those, but I have to.&nbsp;</i><br /><i>Many people rely on my strength and although I am without it now, I will find it again, just as I always do. We are strong like that us girls! Just that line makes me smile because you said it along time ago!</i><br /><i>This is the letter that goes with you just as does my love! I better make it good! So I just wanted you to know that I will never stop missing you....ever! I will never stop loving you! You have to take your place now to forever be honored in heaven, you got your wings mama, you got your wings, I told you! I told you so! I prayed for you on my knees the very night before you passed, guess my prayer was answered! You have graduated from this place! Now our Father in heaven gets to forever see your loving face! No more sickness no more struggle! I feel you everywhere, I hear your voice, I see your smile, I know you are here! When my time has come and I leave this earth I know that you will be waiting for me at the pearly gates! Don't forget me please!!! And for gosh sakes don't make me wait for you, you know how mad your baby girl gets when she has to wait! It's awful!</i><br /><i>I have another angel I do! Now I really have to be on my toes huh! Like I told you hours before you passed! I am OK, you have done your job here, <b>it is finished, it is finished!</b> Blessed be to God!</i><br /><i>Go to be with God mama, I will really and truly be OK, it's just going to take me a bit you know! Just give me a bit with that!</i><br /><i>I crave to say, “It is finished,” with as few regrets as possible</i>.<i>I have a prayer that I might be able to say this at the end of my life! I can reflect on nothing more tragic than an unfinished life. I thank you for giving me this life, it has been so blessed and so enriched with love!</i><br /><i>Sleep well mama, sleep well!&nbsp;</i><br /><i>We adore you as we always will! See you soon!&nbsp;</i><br /><i>Your loving family!</i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>Katienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256881551043399245.post-79883519262312871842012-04-03T00:45:00.000-04:002012-04-04T14:53:59.018-04:00One Last Goodbye.....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OnFAa4nribY/T3yXbtvRf4I/AAAAAAAAGRo/XWeFShMZrgU/s1600/001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="188" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OnFAa4nribY/T3yXbtvRf4I/AAAAAAAAGRo/XWeFShMZrgU/s320/001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Mom,<br />The day you died I kissed your face four times<br />After you died I held you close to me<br />I knew it would be the last time I held you for the rest of my life<br />You were so sick, in so much pain<br />That is no life<br />I know you were afraid to die<br />I hope you have found comfort<br />Do you remember how I held your hand and lay my head on your shoulder<br />Even at that moment I couldn't imagine life without you<br />People talk about broken hearts in songs or movies<br />Until that moment I had never known a true broken heart<br />Over and over I thought "How can I live without you?"<br />I watched you live, I watch you die<br />Every day I look up at the heavens<br />I know you're waiting for me<br />I miss you!<br />April 3, 2012...Never forgotten! <br /></div>Katienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256881551043399245.post-25252742167959774402012-01-18T18:43:00.000-05:002012-01-18T18:43:55.443-05:00Letting Go<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/QsZBtgcFmWE" width="640"></iframe><br /><br /><i>This past year 2011 has come and gone! Last time I posted anything or sat down to write was January 2011. Wow how crazy is that. But really when I honestly sit and look back, no regrets it couldn't have been done any other way. God's plan I guess.And we each have to follow that in our own way.</i><br /><i><br /></i><br /><i>I have had yet another birthday, they come and go now. I am finally O.K. with that or I am finally becoming O.K. I am confident that next year it will all be an acceptable milestone to reach the age where life takes that turn. You are descending the final stretch in the road, where everything is so much more appreciated and honored then it was 30 or 40 years ago.Where you tend to just stop and appreciate everything and everybody that has touched your life in some way or the other. You learn to accept each moment as a learning experience and an occasion to grow. Something that 40 years ago I couldn't have done. 40 years ago was the time of taking everything for granted, of course there will be another tomorrow, of course or that doesn't or won't effect me, not at all.</i> <i>Today its now different, all so different. I now look at the world through "rose colored glasses" I guess you might say. I now think that it's not how you look at things but how you think of them that counts. It's all so different at this stage in my life.</i> <i>I have a more optimistic outlook on life. Things are changing and I am so much happier because of that. I can now recall very dark moments in my life where I was so pessimistic, so negative. Just another stage I had to go through to bring me to where I am at this given moment.</i><br /><br /><i>What I struggle with tremendously is letting go of my children. I remember when I was younger just wanting to have the perfect family, perfect husband and most perfect children imaginable. A reputable and honored desire and dream for any mother. Not rational at all, but I was younger</i>, <i>and the Capricorn is a very driven sign. Striving always for perfection for that need for everything to be just so. To be so called"perfect"</i>. <i>I have always attempted to be in control at all times. Not in a bad way but in the sense that I wanted my household to run like a tight ship may we say. Everything has a place and everything is in it's place</i>. <i>Organizational queen.</i> <i>Unfortunately my children saw that and internalized it as well. I tend to beat myself up, I have always beat myself up over my mistakes, the mistakes of others, things that I couldn't control nor change, this behavior no longer has a place with me. I guess as Maya Angelou says, "when you know better, you do better." I now know that at that time in my life, I just didn't know better, I did the best that I could do at that point in my life. Very dark part of my life the, "oh my God I am not a perfect mother part!" It has been the roughest and hardest thing I have had to face in my life I think for me ever....just being able to let go and just be at peace with it. And now some 40 years later or so the peace has come!</i><br /><br /><i>&nbsp;</i><br /><i>Last night I had the opportunity to watch Oprah's Master Class, wonderful and inspiring series, Goldie Hawn was on, I have always just adored her. So intelligent, entertaining with a very playful personality. A favorite of mine and by what I hear is also Goldie Hawn's. An Ancient Myth, the story of Demeter the mother</i>, <i>letting go, and her message to mothers. And as the story goes the abduction of the beautiful Persephone is the reason behind the sweetness of Spring and the bitterness of Winter</i>.<i>One day this little girl of life and laughter, Persephone, was collecting flowers on the plain of Enna when the earth opened beneath her feet. Up from the gap rose Hades, grim God of the Underworld, and abducted her. And only Zeus the all seeing, knew what had happened.<br /><br />Broken hearted, Demeter wandered the earth, her hair unbound, wailing into the wind, searching for her little daughter until - at last - Zeus told her what had happened.<br /><br />Now Demeter was angry as well as heart broken! She demonstrated her rage by punishing the earth's inhabitants with fierce cold, bitter winds and an end to all fertility. Unless Persephone was returned, the earth would surely perish.<br /><br />Finally Herakles the Hero went down to the kingdom of Hades to negotiate the return of Persephone. But, before she was released, the God of the Underworld tricked Persephone into eating six pomegranate seeds - thus she would always be connected to his realm.<br /><br />For part of the year Persephone must stay in the Underworld and for part of the year she returns to her mother.<br /><br />When Demeter and her daughter are together, the earth flourishes with vegetation, but, for four months of the year, when Persephone goes back to Hades, the earth is a barren realm.</i><i>One important lesson from Demeter is not to place all of our life into our children. It's a trap that any mother can fall into, putting her talents of spontaneity, creativity, playfulness, wonder, curiosity, love of story and all that we call imagination into her children - forgetting that these belong also to her own inner child.<br /><br />When her daughter is abducted, the loss causes Demeter to go into deep depression. A depression in which she ceases to bathe, ceases to eat, disguises her beauty, neglects her daily duties, denies her future and becomes self absorbed, angry, resentful and lost in torrents of incessant weeping.<br /><br />If we hold on to our children too tightly, if we weave our lives totally around them, we are then at a loss when they mature and become independent. We can suffer very real and very deep pain. Like Demeter, our own inner child has been displaced onto our actual children.If we place all of our eggs into one basket, if a friend grows away from us, if we place all of our love into one partner and that relationship ends, we can be shattered until we realize that what has passed, has passed.We can't go back.<br />For everything there is a season.<br />And there is a time for letting go.<br /></i><br /><br /><br /></div>Katienoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256881551043399245.post-60247644367860307962011-01-01T21:19:00.000-05:002011-01-01T21:19:44.420-05:00My Wishes For All My Family And Friends In 2011!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/TR_cMtDOpPI/AAAAAAAAECg/j3kFPx2YAr0/s1600/07-happy-new-year1600x1200.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/TR_cMtDOpPI/AAAAAAAAECg/j3kFPx2YAr0/s400/07-happy-new-year1600x1200.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">&nbsp;</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: medium;"><i>Well it has been an amazing year may I say. Many surprises, a lot of laughter as well as a lot of tears. We have had a birth, our second grandchild, Landen Anthony. How blessed we are. Perfectly heavenly he is, a joy every single day. And to think God chose us to be his grandparents I am overwhelmed with thankfulness!</i></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/TR_diKXv_kI/AAAAAAAAECw/jRZlrTHPy6o/s1600/IMG_1795.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/TR_diKXv_kI/AAAAAAAAECw/jRZlrTHPy6o/s320/IMG_1795.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: medium;"><i>We have watched people near and dear to us move on to be with God! New friends have been made and old friends have been embraced closer yet to our hearts. I have&nbsp;personally made several people extremely angry and even more happy! LOL! Life moves on. We have all aged another year....booooo! Dear God the wrinkles! Yuc, yuc and more yuc. Well someone in my life has said..... (I am old and I can't remember who), that each wrinkle should be seen as a sign of wisdom and embraced. And when I find that person or remember who it was that said it, I am going to plot their demise. 99.9 % of it has been heavenly. My family I adore, good and bad they are family. Familia......Precious they are. Even when they are often holding tight to their differences in opinions. Each day is a gift and I am so thankful that I have received yet another 365 of them! So to begin the New Year I would like to share some wishes for friends and family for your coming year!</i></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><br /><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: medium;">I wish you Health...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: medium;">So you may enjoy each day in comfort.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: medium;">I wish you the Love of friends and family...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: medium;">And Peace within your heart.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: medium;">I wish you the Beauty of nature...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: medium;">That you may enjoy the work of God.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: medium;">I wish you Wisdom to choose priorities...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: medium;">For those things that really matter in life.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: medium;">I wish you Generousity so you may share...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: medium;">All good things that come to you.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: medium;">I wish you Happiness and Joy...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: medium;">And Blessings for the New Year.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; color: #d2857d; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: 'comic sans ms'; font-size: medium;"><i>I wish you the best of everything...<br />That you so well deserve.<br /><br />HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY!! MAY GOD LOOK DOWN UPON YOU AND BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE!</i></span>Katienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256881551043399245.post-19873001682620695512010-09-18T21:29:00.000-04:002010-09-18T21:31:18.860-04:00Grandma…Nana..Mema!<em></em> <p><font size="4" face="GoudyOlSt BT">However you say it, you don’t have to say it more than once to make a grandmother melt! You don’t have to look into those sweet little eyes and not say….whatever your little heart desires! (Bad grandma!) It’s OK, it’s good to be bad! Well in this grandma’s book it is! This little guy just does me in! I think he has us all hooked!<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/TJVnyJUC_sI/AAAAAAAAC5M/LtH5Vz2DqUk/s1600-h/IMG_1802%5B12%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_1802" border="0" alt="IMG_1802" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/TJVnymkppJI/AAAAAAAAC5Q/93rovLZo3VM/IMG_1802_thumb%5B10%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="416" height="356"></a> What do you do in a case like this. I can’t run, can’t hide, I guess I have to just let myself fall head over heels! How do you resist I say.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/TJVnzYbBptI/AAAAAAAAC5U/nEevuH4KEHk/s1600-h/IMG_1838%5B4%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_1838" border="0" alt="IMG_1838" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/TJVnz3WP7kI/AAAAAAAAC5Y/tPYHBvyjMKo/IMG_1838_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="414" height="336"></a> </p> <p><font size="4" face="GoudyOlSt BT">Oh and don’t you know he has his grandpa oohing and awing…..now that’s bad! Mr Rough and Tough himself broke down into tears. You just don’t think the day will come and then it’s upon you. Your baby is having a baby. Flashbacks, memories, sadness over days gone by. Happiness over happier times when they where in your arms and just that little, Awwww! Sniff, sniff!</font></p> <p><font size="4" face="GoudyOlSt BT"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/TJVn0GqNp2I/AAAAAAAAC5c/oP4dB4KmCdA/s1600-h/IMG_1888%5B5%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_1888" border="0" alt="IMG_1888" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/TJVn0qUgAvI/AAAAAAAAC5g/usGzyRTjWK0/IMG_1888_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="434" height="328"></a> </font></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/TJVn1BsKsRI/AAAAAAAAC5k/9a7Wce199Ok/s1600-h/IMG_1870%5B10%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_1870" border="0" alt="IMG_1870" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/TJVn1hZD5hI/AAAAAAAAC5o/PQvfI8H2d4Q/IMG_1870_thumb%5B8%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="439" height="360"></a> </p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/TJVn2cpNa1I/AAAAAAAAC5s/3OR9RcMgP2U/s1600-h/IMG_1897%5B5%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_1897" border="0" alt="IMG_1897" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/TJVn3CKe1OI/AAAAAAAAC5w/wR-VRZSya84/IMG_1897_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="430" height="355"></a> </p> <p><font size="4" face="GoudyOlSt BT">Love these 2 people just a little wee bit! Little bitty and a new little bitty. That’s her grandma’s name for her. She loves her some Grandma!</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/TJVn35NwC4I/AAAAAAAAC50/RgJadURub30/s1600-h/IMG_1913%5B6%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_1913" border="0" alt="IMG_1913" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/TJVn4RYF5CI/AAAAAAAAC54/maCT5G8J4J0/IMG_1913_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="450" height="350"></a></p> <p></p> <p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/TJVn5JcZhJI/AAAAAAAAC58/kmkG_FmsEBE/s1600-h/IMG_1915%5B6%5D.jpg"><img style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px" title="IMG_1915" border="0" alt="IMG_1915" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/TJVn5ZX-PlI/AAAAAAAAC6A/wAxtnq6NeiU/IMG_1915_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="447" height="356"></a>&nbsp;<font size="4" face="GoudyOlSt BT">Little Sir Landen has captured the hearts of the Riley household and that is more than fine with us. Cry until your hearts content, make big messes until you can’t make any more, Grandma’s got your covered itty bitty like nationwide…..I’m on your side little man!</font></p> Katienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256881551043399245.post-43220852587229007602010-09-15T22:59:00.001-04:002010-09-15T22:59:10.731-04:00Sir Landen Anthony Has Arrived!<p><i>Your day has finally arrived! More beautiful than anyone had ever imagined! September 15, 2010, at 5:18 PM you arrived. 5Lbs 9 oz. You are the most perfect baby boy ever. Your mommy is just a little busy loving you up so Mema has to post this one. Happy that she is to do that! Happier that you and your darling mom are healthy, happy and out of all danger. Mema can finally sleep a peaceful night! So here we are your first photos with many more to come! We thank God for you and we thank God for your mother!</i></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:66721397-FF69-4ca6-AEC4-17E6B3208830:496cf7dc-8914-4c5c-a280-f208b37581b6" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"><a style="border:0px" href="http://cid-d452385353775c20.skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?page=browse&amp;resid=D452385353775C20!989&amp;type=5"><img style="border:0px" alt="View Sir Landen Anthony" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/TJGH_RBVTGI/AAAAAAAACtQ/nQFH9gKeWh0/InlineRepresentation326c30a8-036a-452d-8235-a842a6c91959.jpg?imgmax=800" /></a><div style="width:400px;text-align:right;" ><a href="http://cid-d452385353775c20.skydrive.live.com/redir.aspx?page=browse&amp;resid=D452385353775C20!989&amp;type=5">View Full Album</a></div></div> Katienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256881551043399245.post-55194859473928390622010-08-27T01:34:00.001-04:002011-01-08T22:07:10.262-05:00Hate Me Now…I Hope You Love Me Later!But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows. [Luk 12:7]<br />Our Greatest Fear is not that We Are Inadequate, <br />but that We Are <br />Powerful Beyond Measure...<br />&nbsp; It’s not hard to decipher what this post might be about just from the title. We have been having a vey rough time with our teen son, Mat. The baby in the family and showing it in every way. Not spoiled but just most of the time I would imagine! Not really very funny now that all hell has broke loose in our household. Mainly caused by this one little terror causing individual which I will so lovingly call, Mat! <br />&nbsp; It’s amazing the extremes that one child who's being rebellious will go through in order to gain control of any given situation. There is screaming, cursing, displays of anger, more cursing, throwing, slamming, stomping, spitting and cursing, you are getting the cursing here right! That seems at this point a very large issue. At some points I am not sure if I have ever heard the F word used in as many combinations ever before as this child can use it in just one single sentence.<br />&nbsp; “You are the meanest mother there ever was!” “”I hate you!” What makes individuals say these words to the ones they love the most? I guess sometimes we speak out of anger, but aren’t the most hurtful words spoken then? Thank God a mothers love is un touchable and unwavering.The longest moment in time I think is when you actually stop and think before you speak. You want to just blurt something awful out but something in your conscious says, that's just wrong, now wait a moment here. Speaking out of anger destroys the soul and the spirit. I will never say that I haven’t blurted out words that I haven’t then said, “oh my God did that just come out of my mouth?” Then later I would apologize because I know how absolutely hurtful I was being to another human being. I am not perfect, I will never be, I am human!!! I am not a perfect parent, but I am a good parent.<br />&nbsp; You may hate me now Mat, but I sure hope you love me later. Our life is about choices. If you can make the choice to do wrong, you are also capable of making the choice to do that much good and more, not only for yourself but for others! If you can choose to disrespect me as your parent, I hope that one day you choose to respect me once again! Tough love is very hard and at times I think it is almost unbearable on a parents heart. But even worse I think, is watching a child that you would give your last breath to save, self destruct! As a mother I have questioned myself and my motives at times but I know it is what I have to do to get you to be the best individual you can be, and in that case I can stand just a little hatred. Someday you may stand in my shoes and I hope you will make the same choices that I have made, to do whatever it takes in one given moment to show your child what unconditional love really is! <br /><object height="385" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lqpQzT1Kbuk?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lqpQzT1Kbuk?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br />"But somewhere along the line you changed you stopped being you you let people stick a finger in your face and tell you your no good and when things got hard you started looking for something to blame, like a big shadow. Let me tell you something you already know, The world aint all sunshine and rainbows its a very mean and nasty place and I dont care how tough you are it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it “You me or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life but it ain’t about how hard your hit, its about how hard you can get hit and keep movin forward, how much you can take and keep movin forward,thats how wining will start!"<br /><br />COWARDS DO THAT AND THAT AIN'T YOU, YOUR BETTER THAN THAT! YOU ARE.....POWERFUL BEYOND MEASURE! MAKE A CHANGE...MAKE A STAND! MAKE A YOU THAT COMPARES TO NO OTHER! BE PROUD OF THE LIFE YOU ARE CREATING! NOTHING CAN STOP YOU OR WHAT YOU ARE CAPABLE OF....NOTHING EXCEPT FOR YOU! BE GREAT MATT, BE POWERFUL BEYOND MEASURE!Katienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256881551043399245.post-22652571131190910632010-07-10T02:55:00.002-04:002010-09-18T21:58:00.703-04:00A Little Sanity For My Sometimes Insane Little World! How Fitting!Quote of the Day:<br />Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.<br />--Oscar Fingall O’Flahertie Wills WildeKatienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256881551043399245.post-46230893700385418412010-07-10T02:17:00.002-04:002010-07-10T02:26:11.282-04:00What To Do When Your Baby Is Having A Baby!<span style="font-family: 'CK Print';">Panic! That is what you do! Well it’s what I have been doing! I have not posted a single post since Mother’s Day. I have been focused on Momma and baby. It’s all I see and all I know at this very moment. Well then I have also been enjoying my family and not blogging so much! Life is so very short and I think I loose to much when I am focused on posting and not on my priority...Family! So family it is! But this is something so near and dear to me. I had my reservations at first they are very young, but God has a plan! It has always been in his hands as it is now. I believe and have faith it will all come to be as it will be. Here they are momma, daddy and baby! So beautiful to me.</span><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/TDgQdvIC30I/AAAAAAAACcM/oI4qiVUWQw4/s1600-h/IMG_1341%5B1%5D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1341" border="0" height="184" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/TDgQed1c01I/AAAAAAAACcQ/VfwknmtKYDI/IMG_1341_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="IMG_1341" width="244" /></a> <span style="font-family: 'CK Print';">Many things really were wearing hard on my heart about this whole situation at first, let me count the ways. I was angry, furious, upset, hurt, etc, etc, etc. I thought and I prayed and I thought and I prayed. The thoughts are what got me in the most trouble so I prayed again! Then there was this:</span><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/TDgQfA1BHoI/AAAAAAAACcU/H6kfouEbNnY/s1600-h/IMG_1332%5B4%5D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1332" border="0" height="184" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/TDgQf-jeFtI/AAAAAAAACcY/Qyl9q89MB6k/IMG_1332_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="IMG_1332" width="244" /></a> <br /><span style="font-family: 'CK Print';">And this:</span><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/TDgQgsUoPkI/AAAAAAAACcc/VaL9JPmVgeU/s1600-h/IMG_1335%5B1%5D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1335" border="0" height="184" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/TDgQh26DwiI/AAAAAAAACcg/IhwuPur0kg8/IMG_1335_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="IMG_1335" width="244" /></a> <br /><span style="font-family: 'CK Print';">And finally this:</span><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/TDgQivr9SQI/AAAAAAAACck/GMuCL6AUgIA/s1600-h/IMG_1355%5B1%5D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1355" border="0" height="184" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/TDgQjt2vtTI/AAAAAAAACco/T0tLLm9D6_I/IMG_1355_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="IMG_1355" width="244" /></a> <br /><span style="font-family: 'CK Print';">Then I think I felt overcome with the fact that my baby is having a baby and I just couldn’t have ever really liked the fact that she just wasn’t MY LITTLE GIRL any more. She just may be his! I really hate that I have to ever let my children go …but I do! There is something that a mother feels when they are about to leave the nest…empty and lost! She’s my 2nd best friend, how do I loose her now? So many things raced through my mind. Now I am just OK I guess with it. I have to be I don’t have a choice. And I am just going to be OK because she will always be my baby first!</span>Katienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256881551043399245.post-749094448084206312010-05-09T23:00:00.001-04:002010-05-10T13:01:39.260-04:00Happy Mothers Day To All!<object height="385" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QCZnjo1bZTU&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QCZnjo1bZTU&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br /><i>Mothering, the most rewarding and wonderful jobs of all. 5 children and 29 years later since I first became a mom, I can truly say I have been blessed thousands of times over. I have also endured many tears and many heartbreaks as well. All part of being a mother. So many times we take for granted the time that we have and do not stop to just reflect on how blessed we are. As in all of life are greatest treasures are, our children.Our next greatest treasure is the honor of being called...Mother! God bless each mother on this day and always. May you find the strength you need to always find the humor in every crisis situation and the creativity that bubbles over from the scribbling little human being standing before you with marker in hand and a beautiful beaming piece of art...on your newly painted wall. Laugh mothers, there just isn't enough time for anything else. Before you know it, your baby's having a baby. Keep every moment precious as every child is precious. Just enjoy being called....Mother! Enjoy the video...I did! Taylor Swift ...Best Day with lyrics</i>Katienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256881551043399245.post-38760301489056928782010-02-25T12:50:00.003-05:002010-07-10T03:02:22.174-04:00A Few Lessons More I Have Learned In This Life...For The Loves Of My Life...My Children!<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; font-size: medium;">(1) Never, ever give up! </span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; font-size: medium;">You just never know what’s around the corner. Sometimes, but not always, it can be just what you may never have expected something that leaves you singing praises to God! Something that you know only God himself could have done and no one else. At times it may not always be this way but you must know that also comes with a purpose, if only to teach us to be stronger and tougher. You sometimes have to stand back and just wait for the purpose to be revealed and it will, but your heart has to be open as well as your mind! You can not learn if you are not open minded.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; font-size: medium;">(2) Expect The Unexpected!</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; font-size: medium;">When you think that you know just what life is going to throw you and you have it all figured out, something else comes your way totally unexpected.It catches you off guard and it throws you on your a$$.I think it’s Gods little way of saying, hey now, your not dead yet, stop getting so set in your ways, let’s go, there is a lot more to be done here! At times this unexpected event can be something that again makes you question God’s plan, do not! It’s his plan not yours, remember that! Keep it sacred, your going to need it! </span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; font-size: medium;">Stay with me here keep reading!</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; font-size: medium;">(3) We Never Stop Learning, Never!</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; font-size: medium;">Never be a know it all, your not! On this beautiful planet called earth, there is no one that knows it all from the very brightest of scientists to the discovered genius's of our times, we will never know it all. Only God himself in heaven is all knowing we must learn this. Our elders have so much to teach us but we must be willing to learn from them. The wisest beings ever known, learned not alone but from others. We must always be open to learning something new. This great concept is what makes us wise as we grow older. </span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; font-size: medium;">(4) At Times Choose The Not So Traveled Path!</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; font-size: medium;">It may be just that, the not so traveled path and others may try to persuade you against it, but choose it anyways. Not always will you follow but have to make the choice to lead, you will know in your heart which is the right path because your heart always, always knows! This is why God, in his ever so awesome design, gave us this organ to work together with our mind as one. Choose it no matter the consequences, if you know that it is right and just and do not falter. Do not waiver from your path.You may have to guide your way around some obstacles but that’s all in the learning it teaches you to be willing to change and give just a little and to still accomplish your goals.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; font-size: medium;">(5) Never Let Anyone Tell You That You Can’t!</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; font-size: medium;">You can and you know that, so don’t let someone else tell you that it is impossible (yes that is another lesson, NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE, NOTHING!) It may take everything you have and at times you may thing you don’t have what it takes, you do! Don’t ever fall prey to defeat! Always give it your all, especially if it is your dream. The light bulb wasn’t invented in hours and we didn’t put a man on the moon in days and yes people said, “it was impossible!”….how do you like me now! That is what you say when you accomplish your dreams and leave everyone else standing there in heir own dust! Because there is nothing that can’t be done! It takes hard work and perseverance! You can’t stop in the middle, you must see it through till the end. How can you see the end if there is no beginning I ask?</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; font-size: medium;">(6) When Life Knocks You Down, Get Back Up!</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; font-size: medium;">When you try your hardest and give it your all and life knocks you down, stand back up brush yourself off and keep on going! Laugh your way through it, it’s just that, something to laugh about, don’t let things get you down, let them make you smile, no matter how bad they are, you are just learning, you are on your path and you are giving it your all, what could be bad? Bad is a thought we ourselves create out of a learning and living experience.If it was supposed to be all good all the time, we apparently stepped off the bus at the wrong stop and you may have to get back on and get off somewhere else, not sure where that may be.This is life and I’m sure where I’ve been standing for over 45 years, it darn straight hasn’t been easy!</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; font-size: medium;">(7) Nothing Is A Panic Situation!</span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow';">Panic is a label we assign to any given time in our life where we are weak and just are not focused enough to be able to stop and think before we act. A moment of weakness of which I have had many! I tend to have been one who has had many moments of panic in my life. Life has taught me that there is no time for this shit, no time at all! As I age and through the love and help of those that love me so dearly, I am overcoming this weakness that I have. Because yes I am still learning myself! And yes I do still at times panic! Panic has no purpose when you consider the outcome. Nothing gets accomplished at all and anything can happen usually none of which is good. So stop and think it through if you only have seconds or minutes it may save you a lifetime of grief</span>!<span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow';"> No situation or great idea has ever formed out of panic. Exercise control. Your children are watching and so is everyone else.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; font-size: medium;">(8) Family Is all We Have Our Most Priceless Treasure</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; font-size: medium;">When all is said and done there are no humans on this earth more important than these ones. No friend, no boyfriend, NOBODY! The ones that ride the storm right at your side are the ones you call your family. I’m not saying that your family is always comprised of just blood relatives because it may not be, and often is not. It is the ones that have proven themselves over and over again no matter what the cost to them but merely out of their love for you. You will always know these people. They do not just appear this way they are this way. Family will disagree with you, if they know you are going to harm yourself, no matter the cost, but merely out of love they will tell you like it is( in the great wisdom of my Aunt), God designed it this way. But family is family and families should always be our love, our strength, or support, and our rock when we are facing a storm. There should be nothing but kindness, love and mercy when it comes to the ones we love. In the same light they must prove themselves as being these things over and over again. Honest, trustworthy, unfailing, giving, loving, forgiving and supporting. These are the ones that make up our families and family members change, they come and they go but they always return when they are true!</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; font-size: medium;">Some of these things I may tell you, you already know, some you may have not thought of in this light. If you already know then God has blessed you and you are on the path! Some you may not and I hope I have passed on some valid truths that you may be open to incorporating into your life and thus changing it for the better, God will bless you either way, he just does that! I have learned so many things in his life and I am always learning. Its a process. Now that I am the mother of teens I sit back and just watch and listen and remember what my Aunt Peg used to call me when I was young, “Little Miss Know It All!” I was about their age and I really thought that I had it, I thought I knew it all. I have come to learn that it is part of life, it’s a phase we all go through. Beginning in the teen age years and ending God knows when. I say that because my children range in age from 13 to almost 29 yrs old. Making me just a young sweet thing as my Aunt used to say. We never stop learning, some of us just think we have it all concurred at certain points and, WE DON’T! That’s when life knocks us down and we get up and keep going.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; font-size: medium;">So many times lately and in my life I have seen God’s work over and over again and seen all the above lessons played out, again and again. It never stops and it keeps on repeating and repeating as if he’s saying, you didn’t get this one right, here it is again. Or just that you know this one, lets see if you have learned your lesson from our first teaching, let’s practice it. It’s a test, the test of life. That is what it means to age and become wise. Because the best of life’s lessons are learned all along the way.And we learn that the best lessons don’t come from a book or something that you read, they come from what we learn from life and from the ones we love, from our friends and from our colleagues, our mothers, our fathers and sisters and brothers and the ones that we travel this life beside. It’s hard, it will never be easy although at times we rest and sit back and enjoy it, life’s next lesson is right around the corner, just waiting. May that be good or bad we must face it and never run from it.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; font-size: medium;">I believe that my strengths come from 4 people in my life more than any, my Great Grandmother Jennie, my Dear sweet Aunt Peg and my best friend, Sara and of course my husband, Joe. They haven’t always thought I was listening but I always, always was. I may have gotten upset with them at times but&nbsp; my love never failed for them, ever. They may have said something I didn’t want to hear, just as I have, but still my love never failed for them. I have learned so much as well from my mother. That strong means you just don’t give up until it is your time to give up! Just as I didn’t give up on her. I listened! Another lesson we must learn, that love is about listening with an open heart and mind. Sometimes it’s not about what we want, but about what they want, they are not always one in the same. And I believe that when people love one another they will respect these wishes and honor them. That is after all what love is.</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; font-size: medium;">We have been thrown a few hard balls lately, I think I caught them and I think I am dealing quite well and I think I am learning. Also we have been dealt a few Aces and we are basking in their greatness if only just for a while. My mother is talking and she is moving her right arm and her right leg….take that one and contemplate on that for awhile. Above all odds and out of the goodness and graciousness from God we have a blessing, a miracle. Yet another that I have seen in my life. All the more proof that there is a God! We are blessed and that coincidences are not just that! They are all apart of the plan. So Hospice is leaving our house for now. But in comes yet another challenge for our family, see how that goes! In comes baby booties and crying and yes teen pregnancy. Not a curse but yet just another blessing. Not part of our plan but apparently part of God’s. Its OK we can deal we are strong and we are a family and we will go on together and we will deal with it just as we always have, together. Our family will band together and will stay strong and will triumph again! I am at peace with it! My daughter is my love and my love is very precious to me and I will support her and help her to learn to also be strong and we will become strong together. Not always can I get my children to sit still, be silent and just listen to me. Sometimes it doesn’t come out just the way I had planned it to and I’m hoping that this is just how I hoped it would “roll” as they say. I hope that for a moment they can sit and just read, because boy they like to read the things on the computer. It’s not Myspace or Facebook, it’s “Mom’s Space.”And it’s Mom’s heart. It’s what I have on my mind at any given time of the day, it’s the love I have for them, each and every one of them, no matter what or when or through whatever it is they have done, as I have said before it is unfailing and unwavering, it is strong and it is a deep love for each. </span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; font-size: medium;">What started all this was a beautiful video I saw today that brought back memories from my childhood and my great grandmother. Took me to raise me at 85 years old, talk strong, because I was family, her love never failed me. Even at the end she told me, I need you to be a big girl and to help out because I have to leave here now. I’m sick and I’m old and I’m tired, I can’t stay any longer. I guess we get that way. And she assured me that she would always be with me watching over me even from afar. Till this day I look up when I get in trouble, first to God and then to her. That is where my strength comes from. Anyways when I was little she would rock me and brush my long hair and sing to me, most often church hymns or old musicals that she had heard. So that is what started this all and I am glad. I know that she has found yet another way to reassure me that it will be OK! Everything will be OK. She used to sing this song to me as a little wee girl and I sang it to my children and here it is again!</span><br /><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; font-size: medium;">You’ll Never Walk Alone!</span><br />When you walk through a storm <br />Keep your chin up high <br />And don't be afraid of the dark. <br />At he end of the storm <br />Is a golden sky <br />And the sweet silver song of a lark. <br />Walk on through the wind, <br />Walk on through the rain, <br />Tho' your dreams be tossed and blown.Walk on, walk on <br />With hope in your heart <br />And you'll never walk alone, <br />You'll never walk alone.<br /><div class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:f975ac21-c091-410d-9236-1a0cf251db0e" style="display: inline; float: none; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div id="bb6c44ec-7ade-4db1-b2b2-07a650794658" style="display: inline; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yo0ejBHp8UI&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;&amp;hl=en"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/yo0ejBHp8UI&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;&amp;hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="355"></object></div></div></div><span style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow'; font-size: medium;"></span><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"></span>Katienoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256881551043399245.post-83184440847326436802010-01-10T22:08:00.003-05:002010-01-12T21:50:52.436-05:00I Am Surrounded!!!<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing. </span></em><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><br /></span></em><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"> Camille Pissarro</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">The success of love is in the loving - it is not in the result of loving. Of course it is natural in love to want the best for the other person, but whether it turns out that way or not does not determine the value of what we have done. </span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">Mother Teresa</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">Blessed Mother Theresa, God rest her soul. Kind, loving, giving without end, devoted to Christ and to humanity. Loved every single individual without prejudices or without judgment. Spent countless hours with strangers, but yet looked at them as family. She said, we are all family because we are all God’s children, he is father to us all. How humbled she must have been to service others with such compassion and love. She never stopped to question why, she just carried out her calling from God, to take care of all of God’s people, sick, suffering, impoverished and the dying. Questioning would have meant doubt in God’s plan. And she never doubted that plan, even through extreme situations where there was much suffering and loss of many lives.</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">I don’t always understand God but I trust him.I trust that he always has a plan for us. I believe that we are never alone. I said in a previous post that I believe that no one should die alone, I believe that he will not allow that. No matter who we are or what we have done, he will not allow that. You always have to have faith. Our faith does not die with us it lives on in the lives of those that we have touched along our journey. The kindness we have shown to others. The entire basis of human existence is love.</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">I feel very humbled to be given the opportunity to care for the individual that gave me life. There is a feeling of honor to brushing your mothers hair, stroking her hand, sitting in silence and praying over her frail body, putting a cool cloth to her head. Or just repeating I love you over and over, you are precious to me and I adore you and I always will. There is a humbling feeling to saying, OK this ones for you father. You have the wheel, I cannot do this without you. I know not what you have in store, but I am ready! I put my faith in you. Today I am at the stage where I have given God the control. I am only his servant. I will love and honor my mother always until death is upon us. I hope to be at her side but I have assured her that she is not alone and neither am I. That we will weather the storm TOGETHER. Always TOGETHER. Whether that only be in spirit that is enough.</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">It seems to be that today death lurks at my doorstep no matter where I turn. I feel as if “I am surrounded.” Maybe that is what my calling is. My darling son has a friend who I lovingly refer to as my 4th son. (3 biological) then there is my Ryan, my 4th honorary son. He calls me “mom'” and rightfully so I adore him as well. He is not really my son though. He was diagnosed with Cancer (oh that ugly, ugly word) less than 6 months ago. The cancer is in his brain now. The tumor is very invasive. He is currently taking Chemo and is showing signs that he is becoming more and more overcome by this ugly monster everyday. Each time I see him, I see a young healthy vibrant young man with all the promise that this world holds crushed by an awful disease. He smiles as if it doesn’t even exist. He acts as if it didn’t happen and I don’t think it has ever really occurred to him what the outcome may bring. He say’s I just don’t think about that and what may come. He will say when you talk to him about it, I really don’t think about it. “If I think about it I may just stop.” If I stop then where will I be. I always say have faith, never stop having faith.</span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">I have watched this child deteriorate right before my eyes. Tonight the conversation was….The make a wish organization contacted him about his wish. He said I can go anywhere and do whatever I want. They said I can have whatever I want. As we all know to be eligible for Make A Wish there are certain guidelines and the most crushing is: To receive a wish, the child must be diagnosed with a life-threatening medical condition – i.e., a progressive, degenerative or malignant condition that has placed the child’s life in jeopardy. THE VERY SAD THING IS THAT THIS CHILD WILL MOST LIKELY NOT SEE HIS 18th BIRTHDAY!!! I look at my son and I feel such overwhelming feelings of thankfulness and appreciation. Although this child is like my son he is not. I cannot even begin to imagine his mothers heartache. I really don’t think at this point any organization would be able to grant my wish! Ryan is a very outgoing, sweet, respectful, kind and loving young man. I stood one night off from the two of them, watching them. In total amazement of what was becoming of our sweet young man. One day perfect and the next broken. It is a very eye opening and humbling thought to a mother. He is always in my prayers. I have pictures of my sons….would you mind if I brag a little, since I had a little to do with his raising too. The silly little eye closer is my Mat, he always does it to me! I will post his earlier pictures later. The difference is astounding! Our Ryan is on the left. He refuses to take that LIP THING OUT…..Beautiful, beautiful boys!&nbsp; Here they are:</span></em><br /><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/S0qWGnI2EhI/AAAAAAAABBQ/YXX9hxB-o1w/s1600-h/IMG_1186%5B3%5D.jpg"><img alt="IMG_1186" border="0" height="324" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/S0qWHOYpljI/AAAAAAAABBU/t0tggApqdis/IMG_1186_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="IMG_1186" width="444" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em>I want them always to remember their bond, their closeness and their love for one another and to always hold on to that and never, ever let it go. They did a study amongst people who have lived to be well over a hundred. What they found was that one of the things that these people had in common was they all had close and endearing relationships with at least 2 other non-family individuals, i.e; a close and beloved friend. It all comes down to love again and again. It can heal the world! It will heal our beloved Ryan!</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em>Where there is great love there are always miracles! So see I am surrounded by death as well as I am surrounded by love. My mother and our sweet young Ryan to different ends of the spectrum yet such similar fights! I am blessed! I am blessed and honored to have these 2 very precious people in my life teaching me great things, no matter what God’s plan is for the future, today is all that really matters to me, because today is all we really have! It has been a good day! Everyday is a good day!</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em>I find Mother Theresa’s talks very soothing and enlightening. Please take a moment to listen to this video. Don’t forget to pause the little player so it doesn’t interfere…….</em></span><br /><div class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:48422602-186a-4c6d-b5a1-0ddb2f64450d" style="display: inline; float: none; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div id="687fb541-efe9-4806-9f21-abfd6a6d27e7" style="display: inline; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Efz4HnnH-NY&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" target="_new"><img alt="" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('687fb541-efe9-4806-9f21-abfd6a6d27e7'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = &quot;&lt;div&gt;&lt;object width=\&quot;425\&quot; height=\&quot;355\&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=\&quot;movie\&quot; value=\&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/Efz4HnnH-NY&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;&amp;hl=en\&quot;&gt;&lt;\/param&gt;&lt;embed src=\&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/Efz4HnnH-NY&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;&amp;hl=en\&quot; 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background: transparent;"/></a>Katienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256881551043399245.post-20218726557683482262010-01-09T17:03:00.002-05:002010-01-12T21:52:38.614-05:00I Know You By Heart….Hospice Is In The House!!!<span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em>One of my favorite songs, very fitting for the occasion I would say…..</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em>Midnights in Winter </em></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em><br /></em></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em> The glowing fire </em></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em><br /></em></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em> Lights up your face in orange and gold. </em></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em><br /></em></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em> I see your sweet smile </em></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em><br /></em></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em> Shine through the darkness </em></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em><br /></em></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em> It's line is etched in my memory. </em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em>So I'd know you by heart. </em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em>Mornings in April </em></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em><br /></em></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em> Sharing our secrets </em></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em><br /></em></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em> We'd walk until the morning was gone. </em></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em><br /></em></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em> We were like children </em></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em><br /></em></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em> Laughing for hours </em></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em><br /></em></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em> The joy you gave me lives on and on. </em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em>‘Cause I know you by heart. </em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em>I still hear your voice </em></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em><br /></em></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em> On warm Summer nights</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em>&nbsp; </em></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em><br /></em></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em> Whispering like the wind. </em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em>(Oh oh ohh…) </em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em>You left in Autumn </em></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em><br /></em></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em> The leaves were turning </em></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em><br /></em></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em> I walked down roads of orange and gold. </em></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em><br /></em></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em> I saw your sweet smile </em></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em><br /></em></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em> I heard your laughter </em></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em><br /></em></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em> You're still here beside me every day. </em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em>‘Cause I know you by heart, </em></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em><br /></em></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em> ‘Cause I know you by hear</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em>YOUR STILL HERE BESIDE ME EVERY DAY. ‘CAUSE I KNOW YOU BY HEART!!! I see your sweet smile shine through the darkness, it’s line is etched in my memory. I remember everything always! Always. I know your sweet smile,&nbsp; know your sweet face because every time I look in the mirror it looks right back at me, every time. Thank you for giving me life, thank you for giving me those few words…”no more!” It helped me to find some peace.</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em>Out of the mouth of babes my daughter says, Mom why are you crying, if you know what you are doing is the right thing to do, if Grandma will not suffer anymore ever, doesn’t that make you happy? I guess it should! So why do we cry I ask? I did ask her why she would cry if it was my time…no answer. Because loss and the thought of finality are devastating and beyond human comprehension. It’s the whole heart, mind, spirit and soul connection. It’s not only your heart that is crushed it is your whole being.</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em>We tried, but it failed so what would you like us to do from here? Well I would like it if you would make it the way it was right before this nightmare all started, how about that? OK guess not. IT ALL FAILED so what do we do, she can’t swallow, so she can’t survive and she is struggling but holding on without the vent…so where do we go from here? Do you want hospice? Oh my God no… that means that it’s over with! Oh no…..we let her go! I do what I hope she would have done for me, what I hope someday my family will do for me….let me go! </em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em>Dr says you do realize that she will expire without any further efforts to sustain her life? How I wish I didn’t know that. Sometimes it’s worse to know then to not know I think. Dr says I am very sorry for you loss. I said I lost her days ago!</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em>God has bigger plans than we do I think and now he just needs her more than I do, so he’s borrowing her I guess. I sure hope someday he gives her back. I believe that we will all find one another in the place that we are going. We may not know one another by physical appearance but we will know one another because our hearts will allow us to do so. That is just my belief.</em></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><em>Man how this life flies, where does it go to? Just when your having fun…puff it’s over….it’s gone! That quick. As you get older, days seem like minutes. Years are like weeks. So much to hold onto I guess. Do we ever actually take the time to hold fast to what we really should be those that we care for so dearly. Do we allow it to slip from our fingers like sand? Have you ever really watched an hourglass? Just like life when the last grain falls, as in life your time is gone. Only difference is, we can’t turn it over, life that is. Funny as hell how you think about life so deeply when impending death is at your doorway or within your path. Been there and done that several times now and it is scary as hell it is! Just as this is. So I think this saga is done my friends. Our fight is finally done!</em></span><br /><div class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:fa1cbdfe-bf23-4a74-b17d-f8a0f9d7f218" style="display: inline; float: none; margin: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div id="b3b67aec-f58c-4c1d-8d9b-d11f6929465a" style="display: inline; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mnN-U1Lai8&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" target="_new"><img alt="" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('b3b67aec-f58c-4c1d-8d9b-d11f6929465a'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = &quot;&lt;div&gt;&lt;object width=\&quot;425\&quot; height=\&quot;355\&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=\&quot;movie\&quot; value=\&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/6mnN-U1Lai8&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;&amp;hl=en\&quot;&gt;&lt;\/param&gt;&lt;embed src=\&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/6mnN-U1Lai8&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;&amp;hl=en\&quot; type=\&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash\&quot; width=\&quot;425\&quot; height=\&quot;355\&quot;&gt;&lt;\/embed&gt;&lt;\/object&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&quot;;" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/S0j9KQouT4I/AAAAAAAABBI/H377Z4sSJFk/video735a9886f894%5B6%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none;" /></a><br /></div></div></div><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/339/EE9441061C177150664873CBAE7C5499.png" style="border: none; background: transparent;"/></a>Katienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256881551043399245.post-9523369497177589342010-01-08T15:00:00.002-05:002010-01-12T21:53:36.701-05:00La Belle Vita….It’s Time<em><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">A little later than I had wished, but with the obvious things so unexpected happening in my life right now, I thought that once again the new site would have to be delayed. Working until late last night I finally finished it, well almost, have to get Etsy on! So check it out and see what I do instead of sleep! May explain my exhaustion at times. Click the link and see what you think of my work. get inspired to love Art!</span></em><br /><a href="http://labellevita-katie.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">La Belle Vita....The Beautiful Life</span></em></a><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">! </span></em><br /><em><span style="font-family: Georgia, &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">Published and posted a few things!That’s an ahhhhh!&nbsp; It was one of my January goals. It’s done! Bravo!</span></em><br /><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/S0eOzBtA1eI/AAAAAAAABA8/FIuGS66s9fU/s1600-h/La%20Belle%20Vita%5B14%5D.jpg"><img alt="La Belle Vita" border="0" height="367" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/S0eOzgZkUlI/AAAAAAAABBA/Ma42UxD7rzM/La%20Belle%20Vita_thumb%5B12%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="La Belle Vita" width="440" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/339/EE9441061C177150664873CBAE7C5499.png" style="border: none; background: transparent;"/></a>Katienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256881551043399245.post-53302225559137770742010-01-08T14:29:00.005-05:002010-01-09T02:31:29.784-05:00Where There Is Great Love There Are Always Miracles! (Update on Mom!)<span style="font-family: &quot;Candara&quot;; font-size: medium;">Sometimes what we least expect becomes the unexpected! We are now waiting on a miracle. Sometimes a sign of life comes in a simple grasp. A breath that shouldn't have been, or just something you never expected. I really in my mind expected my mother to just leave this earth without her dear sweet daughter grasping on to little signs of life. I expected nature to just take its course and just happen.Well then we all know there is the unexpected feelings that we all feel when that time comes. I cant bring myself to say…STOP!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;Candara&quot;; font-size: medium;">Do Doctors know, do we know, of course not! Only our sweet Lord has that ability. When he says that’s it, then, that’s it! I guess it’s all in his time not ours. So many decisions, so many I wish I never had to make, ever! No pain, no suffering that is all I wish. How do you determine if something hurts if you are not in that body yourself? How do you determine if they are still in there…somewhere. Well I’m hanging on to something as simple as what I thought was the grasp of my hand.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;Candara&quot;; font-size: medium;">Today is Vent weaning day! 2 days ago we failed miserably. I just couldn’t say pull it that’s enough! I just couldn’t. I’m not sure now that I can ever. WHERE THERE IS GREAT LOVE THERE ARE ALWAYS MIRACLES! I can’t seem to get that out of my mind. What if I say stop and what if I don’t fight like she is, what if it’s not time yet, what if God’s not ready for her yet? I guess we will see.Life is so full of what ifs.&nbsp; It’s a wait and see game I guess. If it’s her time she will go no matter how many heroic efforts are made. She is strong enough to hit people and to yank out tubes, she knows she doesn’t want those things, well that’s what my sis says. And she is my hero and she knows it all, really she does. She is much smarter than I will ever be. She is my rock especially right now. Need some great advice ask my Sara! Because your OLDER sister is always wiser and smarter than you.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;Candara&quot;; font-size: medium;">Days maybe hours…my a$$! They have no idea it’s like predicting the weather they only know what hey know and that’s not a lot. When did we get so great at doing God’s job?..we haven’t yet! Never will!&nbsp; </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Candara&quot;; font-size: medium;">Maybe I’ll just leave it to him. I leave a lot to him.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;Candara&quot;; font-size: medium;">I had to speak to 2 Doctors 2 days ago and the amount is growing. It’s amazing with all the specialist there are, that none of them know more than what they see on a picture, well pictures say a thousand words in an artists view. Huh she will prove you all wrong I think! I hope! Time, it’s all about time. So let’s see how Vent day goes. I have seen a hundred cases where you thought it was someones time and you were oh so wrong. Lord prove me wrong!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;Candara&quot;; font-size: medium;">Please Lord don’t ever let me be the kind of nurse that takes someone's hand and drops it on their head repeatedly and first says, what am I doing Linda? Well hell she’s lethargic and has a vent where would you expect that answer to come from? Let’s see….Secondly if someone has severe swelling in their brain…do you think they may have a LITTLE head ache? Hum…let’s see. All that education and no common sense. If someone’s thrashing about on their bed do you think you should look in the room turn around and leave or do you think you would help? Maybe check it out? If you hear an alarm do you listen then walk away or do you act? These are pretty intense questions, I will give you a moment to answer. Shouldn’t have been hard a all. Most folks would&nbsp; at least give it a shot, not our fine medical staff.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;Candara&quot;; font-size: medium;">Everyone hurries away from our precious human lives as if they are nothing more than things. When this old world ends I really hope I can say that I stopped along the way to hold a hand when it was needed, or said a few words that made someone feel better inside. I hope I can say I didn’t hurry by someone in need ever. My philosophy is no one dies alone! I can’t stand the mere thought of that! It makes me cringe. I think with all the money they spend on stupid things they really need to research death and dying. I attended a really great workshop one time on the subject. Really helps me a lot now. My decisions are different than they were way back when. Hospice is an awesome organization and their business is just that…death and dying. Haven’t really thought about that whole thing a lot just yet.</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;Candara&quot;; font-size: medium;"> Time will tell.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;Candara&quot;; font-size: medium;">My favorite song by John Mayer Is Say…</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;Candara&quot;; font-size: medium;">Take all of your wasted honor <br />Every little past frustration <br />Take all of your so-called problems, <br />Better put 'em in quotations </span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;Candara&quot;; font-size: medium;">Say what you need to say </span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;Candara&quot;; font-size: medium;">Say what you need to say</span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;Candara&quot;; font-size: medium;">Walking like a one man army <br />Fighting with the shadows in your head <br />Living out the same old moment <br />Knowing you'd be better off instead, <br />If you could only . . . </span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;Candara&quot;; font-size: medium;">Say what you need to say </span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;Candara&quot;; font-size: medium;">Have no fear for giving in <br />Have no fear for giving over <br />You'd better know that in the end <br />Its better to say too much <br />Then never say what you need to say again </span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;Candara&quot;; font-size: medium;">Even if your hands are shaking <br />And your faith is broken <br />Even as the eyes are closing <br />Do it with a heart wide open </span><br /><span style="font-family: &quot;Candara&quot;; font-size: medium;">Say what you need to say!!!!</span><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85726/nursekr/161e61c4e8dd236ca13ece9f331cf1ec.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /></a>Katienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256881551043399245.post-25651459316632890252010-01-06T11:25:00.003-05:002010-01-06T20:15:13.955-05:00On One Of The Saddest Days Of My Life…..Why I Have To Now Just Say Goodbye!<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/S0S7jFQHxtI/AAAAAAAAA98/4RqdVhgAX3Q/s1600-h/sad3c8d57xq9%5B5%5D.jpg"><img alt="sad3c8d57xq9" border="0" height="345" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/S0S7jrWLWhI/AAAAAAAAA-A/o5MbXTg061s/sad3c8d57xq9_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="sad3c8d57xq9" width="419" /></a>There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle… Albert Einstein<br />On one of the most difficult days of my life, where is she to help me make this decision? No longer can I look to the person I call Mother. I realize that it’s her time now to be with God, still doesn’t make me any less madder than I am at her. On the other hand sadder than I am to loose her dear soul. That can only make sense to me right now. I just cannot feel any sadder than I do this very day! So very hard to say goodbye, so very hard to make that decision for another human life, especially the one you call Momma. This is why they say life is just not fair! And for all of us it can never be that way, that is why we call it life.<br />They say she’s had a massive stroke, the bleeding is so bad they cannot do anything else for her. Hours maybe days. I say you are just not telling me these things and that’s just not true. I need more time! Mother my birthday is in a few days! Now is not that time! In my heart I know these things are true, in my mind as a nurse I know the outlook is bad. But my mind says, it can’t be! It just can’t be now! It has to be fixed, because I am a fixer type person. I have to fix everything! But you know what, I can’t fix this! I JUST CAN’T FIX THIS! I have to make her understand how much she was loved, how much I adored her and everything she was, mother. How do I do that now? The tears make it worse. And there are many. My aching heart is so saddened and she is not even gone physically, but her spirit and her soul are gone! Only her being is her with us!<br />I am guilt ridden because I worked to much and wasn’t there for her enough. I am guilt ridden because I didn’t say I love you enough. I’m guilt ridden because even at my age we didn’t cuddle up enough. I’m guilt ridden because I wasn’t there at that very moment she may have needed me the very most and once again I was mad at something so very stupid she may have said or done! How stupid I am! How stupid I am!!!!! God forgive me for this! Of course when do you ever feel you have done all the right things at this moment. Regret and remorse, sadness and heartbreak. But as the saying goes.. choose with no regrets! How very difficult that is at any moment in life. Difficult is what makes life. God never said it would be easy this ride we call…Life!<br />So we now go on, we now say goodbye! My dearest mother, my sweet, sweet mother, a piece of my heart dies with you! I am so glad to have had you with me, so very sad to be without you. Please forgive me for setting your soul free. I know it is the right thing to do, but to me it is one of the hardest things I shall ever do in this life of mine. You leave behind 3 woman that are very much a part of you. You were strong and we are strong like you mother. It is the Irish in us! You smiled all the time except when you were sick just like we do Momma. You were creative with what you had, so are we momma. You were loving to people, strangers and every stray animal you found and we are to momma. You are beautiful and look at your girls mom, we are to inside and out! So thank you mom we adore you and love you with all we have! Goodbye my dear, sweet, loving mother, goodbye. May your journey to heaven be swift and effortless, and may you feel our love with you always. See you soon! Your loving family!<br />Live with intention. <br />Walk to the edge. <br />Listen hard. <br />Practice wellness. <br />Play with abandon. <br />Laugh. <br />Choose with no regret. <br />Appreciate your friends. <br />Continue to learn. <br />Do what you love. <br />Live as if this is all there is. <br />- Mary Anne Radmacher<br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/339/EE9441061C177150664873CBAE7C5499.png" style="background: transparent; border: none;" /></a>Katienoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256881551043399245.post-13940818816822038042009-12-31T20:05:00.002-05:002010-01-01T17:45:29.022-05:00Irish Blessing From Our Home To Yours...Happy New Year From Cottage Dreams!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/Sz1KRN8KJFI/AAAAAAAAA9s/23aVdedYroI/s1600-h/Edenpics-com_004-085-View-in-direction-of-the-Dents-du-midi-above-a-sea-of-clouds-Switzerland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/Sz1KRN8KJFI/AAAAAAAAA9s/23aVdedYroI/s400/Edenpics-com_004-085-View-in-direction-of-the-Dents-du-midi-above-a-sea-of-clouds-Switzerland.jpg" /></a><br /></div><br /><i><span style="font-size: small;">May love and laughter light your days,<br />and warm your heart and home.<br />May good and faithful friends be yours</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size: small;">wherever you may roam.<br />May peace and plenty bless your world<br />with joy that long endures.<br />May all life's passing seasons<br />bring the best to you and yours!</span></i><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/339/EE9441061C177150664873CBAE7C5499.png" style="border: none; background: transparent;"/></a>Katienoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256881551043399245.post-7693685698890820202009-12-16T12:15:00.004-05:002010-01-01T17:44:42.613-05:00Let It Snow..Let It Snow..Let It Snow!<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/SykVqAmgSjI/AAAAAAAAA8Y/rsXjhav3NVI/s1600-h/card00433_fr%5B14%5D.jpg"><img alt="card00433_fr" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/SykVqhzUmZI/AAAAAAAAA8c/0WnlVd9yNpM/card00433_fr_thumb%5B12%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="card00433_fr" width="313" /></a> <br />I adore the snow! Yes I am a snow lover. I don't care how much we get at all as a matter a fact I demand more! I would be happy to be snowed in, for all thats worth. Here in Pennsylvania it either snows really alot then it all melts or it looks as if we may get 3 feet and we get something that resembles a dusting of snow or lately we have been getting NOTHING at all! It started yesterday and has just kept coming over night. Not a lot just here and there. My hubby has been growling for 3 weeks or so about the snow blower we purchased and have not yet been able to use. Sorry for that Mr. Cottage Dreams. Hey maybe your dreams will soon come true. Well if we keep our fingers crossed we may, just may be skiing and snowboarding our way into the New Year. Can't wait for that! So until that really big snow arrives, keep warm, stay away from sick people (the nurse in me) and for goodness sakes WEAR A HAT! (Thats the old person and mother in me) Go out and build a snowman, find that perfect tree, throw snowballs or just take a walk in the snow. Shoo, go now, don't waste another moment. The clocks a ticking. Soon winter and another year will be gone. Have a simply wonderful week, with NO stress. If you are having it you are doing something wrong….so get rid of it! Family is all that matters, nothing else!<br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/339/EE9441061C177150664873CBAE7C5499.png" style="border: none; background: transparent;"/></a>Katienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256881551043399245.post-33658287057692149922009-12-09T20:06:00.002-05:002009-12-15T09:14:18.042-05:00Why The Evergreen Trees Never Loose Their Leaves<p><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/SyBJpGpSrWI/AAAAAAAAA7I/jnSfAGuDDUc/s1600-h/huge.1.8184%5B34%5D.jpg"><img title="huge.1.8184" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-left: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-bottom: 0px" height="284" alt="huge.1.8184" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/SyBJpwTqeKI/AAAAAAAAA7Q/LYhZM3T89VU/huge.1.8184_thumb%5B32%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="391" border="0" /></a>BY FLORENCE HOLBROOK </p><p>&#160;&#160; WINTER was coming, and the birds had flown far to the south, where the air was warm and they could find berries to eat. One little bird had broken its wing and could not fly with the others. It was alone in the cold world of frost and snow. The forest looked warm, and it made its way to the trees as well as it could, to ask for help. </p><p>&#160; First it came to a birch tree. &quot;Beautiful birch tree,&quot; it said, &quot;my wing is broken, and my friends have flown away. May I live among your branches till they come back to me?&quot; </p><p>&#160;&#160; &quot;No, indeed,&quot; answered the birch tree, drawing her fair green leaves away. &quot;We of the great forest have our own birds to help. I can do nothing for you.&quot; </p><p>&#160;&#160; &quot;The birch is not very strong,&quot; said the little bird to itself, &quot;and it might be that she could not hold me easily. I will ask the oak.&quot; So the bird said: &quot;Great oak tree, you are so strong, will you not let me live on your boughs till my friends come back in the springtime?&quot; </p><p>&#160;&#160; &quot;In the springtime!&quot; cried the oak. &quot;That is a long way off. How do I know what you might do in all that time? Birds are always looking for something to eat, and you might even eat up some of my acorns.&quot; </p><p>&#160;&#160; &quot;It may be that the willow will be kind to me,&quot; thought the bird, and it said: &quot;Gentle willow, my wing is broken, and I could not fly to the south with the other birds. May I live on your branches till the springtime?&quot; </p><p>&#160;&#160; The willow did not look gentle then, for she drew herself up proudly and said: &quot;Indeed, I do not know you, and we willows never talk to people whom we do not know. Very likely there are trees somewhere that will take in strange birds. Leave me at once.&quot; </p><p>&#160;&#160; The poor little bird did not know what to do. Its wing was not yet strong, but it began to fly away as well as it could. Before it had gone far a voice was heard. &quot;Little bird,&quot; it said, &quot;where are you going?&quot; </p><p>&#160;&#160; &quot;Indeed, I do not know,&quot; answered the bird sadly. &quot;I am very cold.&quot; </p><p>&#160;&#160; &quot;Come right here, then,&quot; said the friendly spruce tree, for it was her voice that had called. </p><p>&#160;&#160; &quot;You shall live on my warmest branch all winter if you choose.&quot; </p><p>&#160;&#160; &quot;Will you really let me?&quot; asked the little bird eagerly. </p><p>&#160;&#160; &quot;Indeed, I will,&quot; answered the kind-hearted spruce tree. &quot;If your friends have flown away, it is time for the trees to help you. Here is the branch where my leaves are thickest and softest.&quot; </p><p>&#160;&#160; &quot;My branches are not very thick,&quot; said the friendly pine tree, &quot;but I am big and strong, and I can keep the North Wind from you and the spruce.&quot; </p><p>&#160;&#160; &quot;I can help, too,&quot; said a little juniper tree. &quot;I can give you berries all winter long, and every bird knows that juniper berries are good.&quot; </p><p>&#160;&#160; So the spruce gave the lonely little bird a home; the pine kept the cold North Wind away from it; and the juniper gave it berries to eat. The other trees looked on and talked together wisely. </p><p>&#160;&#160; &quot;I would not have strange birds on my boughs,&quot; said the birch. </p><p>&#160;&#160; &quot;I shall not give my acorns away for any one,&quot; said the oak.</p><p>&#160;&#160; &quot;I never have anything to do with strangers,&quot; said the willow, and the three trees drew their leaves closely about them. </p><p>&#160;&#160; In the morning all those shining, green leaves lay on the ground, for a cold North Wind had come in the night, and every leaf that it touched fell from the tree. </p><p>&#160;&#160; &quot;May I touch every leaf in the forest?&quot; asked the wind in its frolic. </p><p>&#160;&#160; &quot;No,&quot; said the Frost King. &quot;The trees that have been kind to the little bird with the broken wing may keep their leaves.&quot; </p><p>&#160;&#160; This is why the leaves of the spruce, the pine, and the juniper are always green.</p><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/339/EE9441061C177150664873CBAE7C5499.png" style="border: none; background: transparent;"/></a>Katienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256881551043399245.post-26819841394768659982009-11-19T20:11:00.002-05:002009-12-15T09:13:55.576-05:00(In)Courage: Inconvenient Gratitude<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/SwXuGNxoGEI/AAAAAAAAA6k/87lLhJkXyrM/s1600/6a00d8342086bb53ef0120a6015229970b-320wi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/SwXuGNxoGEI/AAAAAAAAA6k/87lLhJkXyrM/s320/6a00d8342086bb53ef0120a6015229970b-320wi.jpg" /></a><br /></div>&nbsp;I think this is a blog more than worthy of our time. It is uplifting, motivating and thought provoking. And in these times we all need a little of that. (In) Courage is great reading. It is good for the heart and great for our minds. So if you have a few moments go over and check it out, you will not be sorry you did...I wasn't! So this season and throughout the holidays lets all think about what we are truly thankful for and whether we truly are thankful! Here is a small excerpt from the post....<br /><br /><em>&nbsp;Am I thankful?&nbsp;</em><br /><br />Sure I am. As long as it’s convenient.<br /><br />As long as the gift-giver is within ear’s reach of my thank you. And as long as what I’m thankful for is good, comfortable, pleasant and smells great.<br /><br />I never thank anyone for rolling over my toe with their cart in the grocery store or thank someone for an unkind word. And I never thank God for struggles.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.incourage.me/2009/11/inconvenient-gratitude-november-post.html">(In)Courage: Inconvenient Gratitude</a><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/339/EE9441061C177150664873CBAE7C5499.png" style="border: none; background: transparent;"/></a>Katienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256881551043399245.post-51840816099117840052009-11-18T19:55:00.002-05:002009-12-15T09:12:41.789-05:00Happy Birthday Sweet 16!<p>Happy birthday to you…Happy birthday to you…Happy birthday dearest Jessy…happy birthday to you! Oh to be 16 again. So young and to have that just one more time. You are so dear to my heart my darling! I remember the day you were born so beautiful I was in love, again. 16 years later guess what my baby girl? I’m still in love. Every time I see your face, hear your voice I fall in love yet again. Even when I really don’t like what you are saying I still love you with all my heart.</p><p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/SwSYXM2sKhI/AAAAAAAAA5I/xb_L39ZLiT8/s1600-h/scan0001%5B3%5D.jpg"><img title="scan0001" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="269" alt="scan0001" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/SwSXTrJl4tI/AAAAAAAAA5M/345HLqb4M_M/scan0001_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="370" border="0" /></a> </p><p>I still love your sweet heart and your beautiful voice and your kind and gentle spirit. The way you just can soothe even me at times when I am upset with something and you say it’s OK mom it’s not the end of the world. I smile and think maybe I have done things right somewhere. There’s your kindness towards others and your very compassionate soul. The way you love the people that are special to you. It is a pleasure to have you as my daughter. I am blessed!</p><p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/SwSXUCY_CsI/AAAAAAAAA5Q/n4M-Q94VNJI/s1600-h/101_0231%5B3%5D.jpg"><img title="" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="271" alt="" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/SwSXUkUWn5I/AAAAAAAAA5Y/h_m_ZE5ejuU/101_0231_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="408" border="0" /></a></p><p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/SwSXVNEHSyI/AAAAAAAAA5g/H7v5aty7nb8/s1600-h/IMG_0502%5B3%5D.jpg"><img title="IMG_0502" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="351" alt="IMG_0502" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/SwSXV4GdjwI/AAAAAAAAA5k/XmjO1XSFR4U/IMG_0502_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="477" border="0" /></a> </p><p>What can I say you are just simply beautiful! </p><p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/SwSXWQyjNBI/AAAAAAAAA50/gSeFfvSORow/s1600-h/101_0328%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="101_0328" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="350" alt="101_0328" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/SwSXW6D48BI/AAAAAAAAA54/-4f-4ZwPiiE/101_0328_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="497" border="0" /></a> </p><p>You have danced and sang your way right into our hearts! My sweet baby Jessica, how wonderful you are!</p><p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/SwSXXFlPb9I/AAAAAAAAA4w/dejYMkEVVvc/s1600-h/101_0247%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="184" alt="" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/SwSXXqVRPFI/AAAAAAAAA40/xgIlDdi41WA/101_0247_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/SwSXYL9_EiI/AAAAAAAAA6A/NcogGYbonCE/s1600-h/IMG_0846%5B5%5D.jpg"><img title="IMG_0846" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="311" alt="IMG_0846" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/SwSXY_HlmuI/AAAAAAAAA6I/G-puH7tTfz8/IMG_0846_thumb%5B4%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="458" border="0" /></a> </p><p>Those eyes they are the most beautiful I have ever seen. Someday those eyes will melt another soul beside just your fathers and mine. At times it is very hard to say no to those eyes, but it has to be done!</p><p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/SwSXZj9KogI/AAAAAAAAA6Q/2Z72xeyQdJQ/s1600-h/IMG_0847%5B2%5D.jpg"><img title="IMG_0847" style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin-left: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="358" alt="IMG_0847" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_t0lhbkX-nEo/SwSXaLVWvoI/AAAAAAAAA6U/-qrmMUKH5ac/IMG_0847_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="478" align="left" border="0" /></a> </p><p>&#160; </p><p>&#160;</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>&#160;</p><p>&#160;</p><p>&#160;</p><p>&#160;</p><p>&#160;</p><p>&#160;</p><p>You are definitely mommas girl! And you have definitely won me over for life. I will always be your favorite fan! Couldn’t imagine going through this life without you ever. You have made every day such a sweet part of being alive. Today we celebrate you my darling and your wondrous birth! We celebrate the ever so beautiful and precious……Jessica! Happy birthday my darling! Happy sweet 16th birthday! Many, many more to come!</p><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/339/EE9441061C177150664873CBAE7C5499.png" style="border: none; background: transparent;"/></a>Katienoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256881551043399245.post-26148563285603198862009-11-17T13:57:00.002-05:002009-12-15T09:11:01.780-05:00Welcome To Our Family Chino And ChicoChino and Chico are Toy Fox Terrier and Chihuahua. Otherwise known as Taco Terriers. Who would have thought! They are a wonderful addition to our family. So full of boundless energy and excitement. The poodles HATE them and stay as far away as possible. Spoiled a little I might say. Just as they should be of course. OK so our children are at that age where no one wants to cuddle, no one even wants to stay around. 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border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline;" title="IMG_1110" width="244" /></a> <br />Welcome Chino and Chico to our family. Many years of love you will bring us! Thank Heaven For Little Boys!<br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54486/339/EE9441061C177150664873CBAE7C5499.png" style="border: none; background: transparent;"/></a>Katienoreply@blogger.com0